West Mountain Announces Appointment of New Director and Option Grant

West Mountain Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:WMT) (the "Company" or "West Mountain")
is pleased to announce that it has appointed The Honourable George J. Furey,
Q.C., B.A., B.A. (Ed.), M.Ed., LL.B. to its Board of Directors.  


A member of the Canadian Senate since 1999, Senator Furey is currently Deputy
Chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Internal Economy, Budgets and
Administration, a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules, Procedures
and the Rights of Parliament, as well as a member of the Senate Audit Committee.
Senator Furey is a prominent Newfoundlander and Labradorian with deep roots in
his community. Before being appointed to the Senate, Senator Furey served his
province as both an educator and a lawyer. He was appointed to the Provincial
Police Complaints Commission in 1993 and appointed as Queen's Counsel in 1996.
Senator Furey has contributed his time to numerous charitable groups,
professional boards and provincial commissions and is currently the director and
a member of the governance, compensation and audit committees of Canada
Fluorspar Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange.  


"We are excited to have Senator Furey join our Board", said Paul Antle,
President and CEO "he will bring a fresh perspective and significant world
experience to the group. The Senator is well known for his leadership qualities,
commitment and integrity." 


The Company has also granted options to acquire 1,134,000 common shares to
various directors and officers of the Company including options to acquire
100,000 common shares issued to Senator Furey. The options have an exercise
price of $0.27, with 50% vesting in 6 months and 50% vesting in 12 months from
the date of grant, and expire on the date that is five years from the date of
grant. The Corporation has determined that exemptions from the various
requirements of TSX Venture Exchange Policy 5.9 are available for the granting
of the options.


About West Mountain 

West Mountain is an established Canadian environmental solutions company
specializing in the thermal treatment of a variety of hazardous and
non-hazardous waste streams. It employs a unique indirectly heated, closed loop
technology that allows it to extract even the most hazardous contaminants from
soil, industrial sludge, pharmaceutical waste and consumer waste streams
converting much of it into reusable oil and synthetic natural gas that it uses
to sustain the process. This methodology offers significant opportunity for
greenhouse gas reduction over traditional hazardous waste destruction
technologies. The Company's management team maintains expertise in hazardous
waste management, Brownfield remediation and pharmaceutical waste management
with experience spanning North America and 15 countries internationally. 


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is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts the
responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: 
Mr. Paul Antle, President and CEO
709 726 0336
[e-mail]
www.phaseparation.com